setup-agents-md SKILL.md skillA
setup-agents-md from openhands/extensions is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add openhands/extensions/setup-agents-md@git:20260408.eb2947bPins git:20260408.eb2947b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- openhands/extensions
- Path
plugins/onboarding/skills/setup-agents-md/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260408.eb2947b, committed Apr 8, 2026
- Size
- 6,035 bytes
- Repository stars
- 179
- License
- MIT
Generate a high-quality, repo-specific AGENTS.md file that tells AI agents how to work effectively in a repository. Reads the actual repo to extract commands, structure, conventions, and guardrails — never generates generic boilerplate. Use when a user wants to create or improve their AGENTS.md, or after a readiness report identifies a missing agent instruction file.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Generate AGENTS.md Create a repo-specific AGENTS.md that gives AI agents the context they need to work effectively. Every section should reference real commands, real paths, and real conventions from the repository — not generic advice. ## Why this matters An AGENTS.md is the single highest-impact addition for agent readiness. It directly addresses features across multiple pillars: - **Agent Instructions**: agent instruction file, README with build/run/test, contributing guide, environment variable documentation - **Feedback Loops**: test run documentation — agents need exact commands - **Policy & Governance**: guardrails the agent must follow Without it, agents guess at build commands, miss project conventions, run the wrong test suite, and don't know what's dangerous. The best AGENTS.md files share the same core pattern: real commands, clear structure, explicit boundaries. ## How to run ### Step 0: Check for an existing AGENTS.md Look for an existing `AGENTS.md` (or `.agents/AGENTS.md`) in the repo root. If one exists, **do not rewrite it from scratch**. Instead, read the repo (Step 1), compare what you find against what's already documented, and suggest …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add openhands/extensions/setup-agents-md@sha256:33abece9c9e27263The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260408.eb2947b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 8, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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Source
openhands/extensions · 179 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_luv7pxyudbzakc6m GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/setup-agents-md GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/33abece9c9e2726377e39d4adb0569ed46c6336e8bfc41e290462940e008a613
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.